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Ambler Realty owned 68 acres (0.28 km 2) of land in the village of Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of the industrial city of Cleveland.In an attempt to prevent Cleveland from subsuming the village and the growth of industry which might change its character, Euclid developed a zoning ordinance based upon six classes of use, three classes of height and four classes of area.
Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Located on the southern shore of Lake Erie , it is an inner ring suburb of Cleveland . The population was 49,692 at the 2020 census , making it the fourth largest city in Cuyahoga County.
The constitutionality of zoning ordinances was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. in 1926. The zoning ordinance of Euclid, Ohio was challenged in court by a local land owner on the basis that restricting use of property violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ambler ...
South Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland located on the city's east side. As of the 2020 census , the population was 21,883.
Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. 1926: The Ambler Realty company accused the Village of Euclid of depriving their liberty with its ban on industrial uses. The ban on industry reduced the company's land value from $10,000 down to $2,500 per acre and undermined the company's right to govern its own property. [ 8 ]
Euclidean distance map, a digital image in which each pixel value represents the Euclidean distance to an obstacle; Euclidean rhythm, a method of distributing beats across musical steps based on Euclid's algorithm; Euclidean zoning, a system of land use management modeled after the zoning code of Euclid, Ohio
Generally, zoning is a constitutional exercise of a state's police power [4] to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, spot zoning (or any zoning enactment) would be unconstitutional to the extent that it contradicts or fails to advance a legitimate public purpose, such as promotion of community welfare or protection of other properties.
Use-based zoning, especially single-use zoning, is by far the most common type of zoning in the US, where it is known as Euclidean zoning, after Euclid, Ohio's role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. [102] [103]